Ladies, please be careful with your knees when you do this

Ms. Wang is a loyal yoga fan. She goes to the gym to practice yoga every other day. I have been feeling a dull pain in my knee lately. After going to the hospital for a check-up, I found out that it was a sports injury of the collateral ligament of the knee joint. I originally wanted to keep fit, but unexpectedly I ended up causing harm to my body, and fitness turned into "harming the body".

Like the "Lotus Position", almost everyone who has taken a yoga class has come into contact with this posture.

But, you know? Even this common yoga pose is not for everyone. If you practice this posture frequently and feel frequent discomfort in your knees, you should be careful, as it may cause soft tissue sports injuries in your knee joints.

The knee joint connects the thigh and calf. Unlike other joints, it is not protected by abundant muscles and fat tissue, but is a "skin and bones" tissue with poor blood circulation. The knee joint is composed of three bones: femur, tibia and patella, and is tightly surrounded by ligaments. There is a smooth protective structure between the femur and tibia - the meniscus, which allows the two bones to glide smoothly.

There are four main ligaments inside the knee joint: the anterior cruciate ligament, posterior cruciate ligament, medial collateral ligament, and lateral collateral ligament. The main function of the knee joint is to be responsible for the flexion and extension of the human leg, and the physiological angle allowed for twisting to the left and right is extremely limited, usually not exceeding about 5 degrees.

In the Lotus position, it is easy to exceed this twisting range. If your physical condition is poor, your bones, muscles and ligaments are stiff, and you twist your knees excessively and for a long time, and often start the second practice without fully recovering, it is very easy to cause soft tissue damage to the knee joint.

Many people mistakenly believe that every movement a coach can do is a standard yoga movement, and they practice hard with this as their goal. Little do people know that everyone's physical conditions are different, and during the fitness process, there is a lack of guidance from professional coaches. Some professional coaches sometimes require students to complete certain difficult movements based on their own conditions. Once there is a deviation in the grasp of this transition in difficulty, it is very easy to cause sports injuries, and the joints that bear the brunt are those with a larger range of motion and poorer stability, such as the knee joints, shoulder joints, etc.

Everything has two sides, and any exercise method will have both positive and negative effects. In short, during the yoga practice, you must listen to your body's reactions. If you experience long-term dull pain, especially in the joints, you should consult a professional coach or go to the hospital for examination in time and follow the doctor's instructions. Don't procrastinate and rely on endurance to solve the problem, so as to avoid minor injuries turning into major illnesses and causing irreparable damage.